>> happiest friday to all of you. >> another happy man is tucker barnes. >> there is the potential for a wet friday. good morning, everybody. we have the potential for a wet friday. be ready for that. let's get ride to the radar. i want to show you what's going on. nothing going on right now. later this afternoon, we have a combination of cooler and drier air off to the north and west and a lot of tropical moisture streaming up from florida. that's all going to get squeezed out across virginia, maryland and points north and east here. there is potential for some pretty good showers and very strong thunderstorms later today. just be ready for it. because of that, we have a flash flood watch in effect for 12 noon for the district, baltimore, most of the viewing area here. the concern piewpt by the national weather service, some of the thunderstorms, much like last night could be slow movers. they could dump two or throw

inches of rain in a very short period of time. temperatures are already in the 70s, 77 in reagan national. dew point temperature running at 70. so uncomfortable out there. better chance this afternoon and this morning and some of those will con dawn heavy rain with the high temperature of 82. forecast in just a minute. allison, and tony, back to you. >> topper, thanks a major accident shut down both directions of the parkway. a carjacking happened. one person died and three

others are in the hospital after their car ended up in the woods. >> all right. let's go to july wright. we mentioned there was going to be a long-term project. it started yesterday morning at 10:00 am and will extend monday at 5:00 a.m. the work around would be the combination of southern avenue and pennsylvania avenue. i believe we have sky fox with us. if so, we'll take that shot and check for and accident on route 50. traveling inbound from bowie, you will see slow traffic. douglas bridge, reports of a car problem on theanacostia. traveling south on 270, this is

an easy trup. double nickel out at the v. a. delay on germantown heading into rockville. 7 looks good coming from the west. you will find the toll road is at speed. 66, typical slowdowns right now. for those continuing inbounds, traffic slows between the two interchanges in centerville and fair oaks. that's the check of the fox 5 on time track. julie, thank you. new this morning, a fire at a store in northwest forced parts of u street to close down, just before 5:00 this morning. it happened inside u street wine and beer prompting heavy damage. two other businesses were also damaged, kung fu studio and a hair salon. no one was injured and no word

on the cause. and now to the other top story. the last launch of thrils. the weather may delay it. >> there is a 70% chance of rain. >> reporter: good morning, al and tony. the weather is the big question. thunderstorms are in the forecast for the space shuttle's launch. here at nasa godard, everyone is watching and waiting keeping their fingers crossed that the skies will clear and all system go. the space shuttle atlantis is fueled and ready to go on the launch pad at the kennedy space center. it is the last shuttle flight for the 30-year-old program which began with columbia, 1981. it's estimated that about a

million people are gathering along the west coast of florida to watch the final shuttle mission. weather remains a concern with a 70% chance of thunderstorms or rain threatening to delay. atlantis must take off by sunday or monday or it will have to wait until july 16th before it launches again. when the mess is over, atlantis will join discovery and endeavour. next, sending astronauts to asteroids or to mars. future missions to the international space station will be handled by private space vehicles. they are in development right now and it's not expected to be another three fire years before they are ready to launch. so, keep your eyes out today. watch the weather and we'll see if the shuttle launches in just about -- let's see, t minus 4 hours and 25 minutes.

that's the latest here at nasa godard. back to you. >> we have an astronaut coming up in the next hour. we'll talk to her about the conditions, when they make the call and when they stay grounded and all of that. thank you so much. we'll see you later on in the show. an update now on the casey anthony sentencing. she will walk out of jail on sunday, not wednesday as first thought. he denied a request by defense lawyers to combine the four counts. a jury found her not guilty caylee anthony. a mexican national was executed. he learned that he was entitled

to legal vice with the mexican consulate. the obama administration fears that the execution will damage the u.s.-mexican relations and will put u.s. citizens in danger in mexico. police say that brittany norwood killed her coworker and then tried to blame the attack on two masked machine. with the debt ceiling deadline fast aroaching, this will be a working weekend for congressional leadership this weekend. >> both sides will try to hammer out a multi-blue print. new job numbers could add even more urged si to these talks. nicole cullen has the story.

>> the white house upped the ante thursday with president obama offering an option that republicans are open to that will cut 4 trillion from the deficit over 12 years. an hour and a half behind closed doors and the white house yulded very little concrete progress except for yielding another talk on sunday many at that point the parties will know at least where each other's bottom lines are. >> reporter: president obama says that's when the hard bargaining will begun and the party are still far apart on a wide range of issues. republicans want major cuts like social security and medicare which the president has signaled he is open to. we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of america's seniors or people

with disability. >> we are not going to raise tax on the american people. we are not going to raise taxes on the very people that we expect to reinvest in our oak mi and help grow jobs. >> reporter: new job numbers could add to some urgency on this high-stakes game of chicken. white house is scheduled to meet with house leader nancy pelosi in the oval house perhaps signaling how serious the president is about including some form of entitlement cuts. and a look at this morning's other top stories. a suspected arsonist is behind bars. maurice dues is charged with setting three fires in northeast of the five firefighters were seriously hurt in one of those blazes a48th place the a witness saw

him try to start another fire and called police. after his arrest, investigators say that he confessed to setting the fire in separate arsons going back to 2007 in maryland as well. this impacts everyone. it impacts our safety, our insurance rate. when somebody decide for sports to start fires, that's a good thing when law law enforcement put handcuffs on hip. >> no other motive other than he is an arsonist. he also called 911. a judge sentenced 25-year- old charles novak of crofton on burglary. he was arrested when he found a man sitting in a car in her

garage. officers found novak with a camera with 2000 photos of women. falls church police are investigating a business accused of selling k-2 space. they seized 1700 pacts of the marijuana. on march 23rd, it became illegal to possess, sell, or 'tis put sipt thick pot in virginia. mixed emotions on whether the dulles rail should be built above or below ground. the latest on the project straight ahead. >> are we in the united states prepared for a pig cyber attack? that's what lawmakers want to know. who they say is their biggest threat, coming up. and as we head to the break, we have a live look

outside. it's a mixed bag out there. we might get some rain later. the latest from tucker and julie coming up next. 

welcome back. it's 7:15. prince george's county public schools will have to pay millions of dollars to the labor department as part of a settlement involving teachers from other countries. the system has agreed to pay more than $4 million. the labor department will use the money to pay fees that those teeners were forced to pay. prince george's county can't hire foreign teachers for two years as part of the deal. maryland voters will have to decide the fate of a

controversial law in may. under the law, governor o'malley allowed illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition under certain conditions. but he suspend that had law as opponents worked hard to stop that law. hey, this is friday. >> it is friday. >> most of the weekend here is going to be great. a lot of sunshine tomorrow afternoon and sunday looks fantastic. got to get their first. today might be a little bumpy here this afternoon. >> okay. >> let's get to the satellite rare and let me start by saying that, at the moment, nothing happening. it's quiet. thinks going to be a one -- this is going to be a one-two

combination. a lot of tropical moisture streaming in. that will tap into the moss tour from the gulf. here is the big picture as you can see the most tour from the west. northeastern gulf, there is a hurricane center watching for possible developments. that gives you an idea of how how much there is. our forecast, we have a flash flood watch in effect as we the potential for pretty good rain makers in the form of thunderstorms later this afternoon. 78 at reagan national. 72 in cam bridge, 68 in winchester. highs later today will be a little cooler with the cloud cove and the rain around here. still in the mid-80s. tomorrow, by tomorrow, late morning, i think the sun will break out, less humidity around here, beautiful afternoon tomorrow, 87.

sunday, monday, tuesday, fine, back into the mid-90s sunday. >> dry so far this week. yep. >> here is julie wright with an update on traffic. >> hey, guys. pretty nice right now. southeast washington, checking for that salt car inbound south capitol street. easy drive right now, montrose road divided along the divide. coming in bound along 662, we are slowing down in manassas and again in centerville and again as you approach the capital beltway. that's a look at fox 5 wrong time track. metro's board is trying to bring down the cost of the dulles rail project. they were briefed on the plan by transportation secretary ray la hood. the dulles rail station would if above ground and the cost of parking garages will be passed on to fairfax and loundoun

county. virginia congressman jerry connolly is asking that the commonwealth be urged to put the contributions on the table before the next meeting. >> the commonwealth is the only party who has put 0 on the table. >> virginia agreed to contribute 150 million-dollar to the rail project but a spokesperson for govern nor mcdonnell would only say that the administration is getting working to get as close to the original plan. and the next big attack on the united states will probably on online. >> the cyber attack is one of the greatest threats to u.s. national security. it is toyed to be possible to be a great warrior with nothing but your slippers in your bedroom and the desire to bring down some aspects of public or

private infrastructure related to the internet. >> reporter: lawmakers want to know if homeland security is prepared for a future attack in the digital world and the biggest threat comes from china. >> then cia director leon panetta called cyber security the battleground for the future. this has got to get a lot more attention placed on it. we ton want to have the kind of incidents that we will all regret. >> the nation's critical infra structure is under constant attacks by criminals >> we know that our adversaries are capable of attacks on our critical infrom stalk tour. >> the constant cyber attacks results in identity theft hitting millions of machines and even the websites of the cia and senate have been

compromised. while congress works with a bipartisan legislation to deal with this, the threat is evolving so quickly that the law cannot keep pay there are new developments this among in the cell phone hacking scandal in britain. the paper's largest -- the nation's largest paper has been shut down. and the andy coulson has opinion arrested. the allegations surfaced that report, hacked the responsible of a 13-year-old murder victim, deleting her voice mails, giving her parents hope that she was still alive. the paper also allegedly hacked the phones of the london terror attacks back in 2007. >> i feel regret. clearly, the practices of certain individuals did not

live up to the quality of journalism that i believe in, that we believe in. >> reporter: ruppert murdock called the al gauzes of the hacking unacceptable. he is promising full cooperation with the investigation. 7 will degrees right now. a case of theft at one florida airport. who police say was helping himself to valuables close to 50,000-dollar and a festival about to happen at the independent nearian embassy. we'll check in with holly when fox 5 morning news continues at 7:22. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg,

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making headlines, a tragic stent during a major league baseball game. last night, at the texas rangers-oakland game, a fan asked outcenter fielder josh hamilton to throw him a foul. hamilton tossed the ball to him. he leaned over, caught the ball and then fell. he died three hours later a gunman in west michigan wanted for killing seven people took his own life. grand rapids police tried to talk roger dantzler into giving up last night but he ended up killing himself. among the dead, his daughter and ex-girlfriend along with a second child. investigators are trying to determine a motive here. tony? a tsa agent is under arrest for stealing close to $50,000 from customers at a florida

aired. 30-year-old nelson santiago had been at it for months taking valuables that he saw. he was caught red handed by an airline worker who saw him putting an ipad down his pants. >> you know, that sound funny when you say that >> i know. i don't know why it was written that way but he is in jail right now. and the washington chief correspondent will join us in studio. as we head to a break. we have a live look outside. we'll get the latest weather -- >> don't you love this song? jessie jay is her name, right? i think so. i think jessie is the first name. >> that's part of the british

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30. 7:00 about 30, the space shuttle atlantis. there is only a 30% chance that the skies will be clear for liftoff. scheduled for 11:26 this morning. nasa managers did give the okay for fueling despite the weather. this mission is the last for the space shuttle program. looks nice now. >> yeah, we are talking about those d.c. kids who get to go and from our report, it sound like they have to come back tonight. hopefully the thing will lift off. i don't know if they can stay any extra time in case it does not take off. i do hope they get to see it. i hope so. they have rain showers in the si sprint. touch and if here. that will be a last-minute decision. >> around here, we have some rain in florida heading in our direction. i know that's a long away-of-

away. we're going to be in for a wet forecast. not so much this morning but as we get into the afternoon hours, look out. we have potential for pretty good thunderstorms as some heavy rain is here. step outside and you will know what i'm talking about. showers and thunderstorms already starting to pop up. this is since i got here at 4:00 this morning off to our south and east, probably will cross the bay. and i want to open it up for you a hill bit. tropical moisture being fed right autopsy the eastern seaboard by an area of parrish doing its best. there might be a strap call system, tropical storm here. the moisture will go, treebl north ward and will be rung out right across the washington area. later this afternoon, we'll see some showers and thunderstorms develop and some of those could

be on the strong side. here is your flash flood watch going in effect at noon. all the counties in free here. the concern is very heavy rain in a short period of time. we could be looking at a potential for one, two, maybe three inch of rain in less than an hour. wore warm out there, 722 at real estate fan national. 79 in annapolis, 72 in baltimore. flash flood watch goes into effect. scattered showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. again, more numerous this afternoon. more widespread than yesterday. some producing heavy rain a little cooler. cloud cover moving in later on. early showers and thunderstorms tonight, i think after midnight, we'll start to quiet things down. here is the good news, cooler and drier by tomorrow afternoon. the storm system will be out of

here. sunday looks great, 91. low humidity and humidity will creep back by sunday. let's go some traffic. julie has the latest on this friday. what's going on? >> not a lot going on right now. you will find that the lanes are open in both directions. 66 not so bad right now. traffic flowing from 123 to the beltway. en tuned bound new york avenue, leans are opening leaving northeast and northwest. that's a look at fox 5 ontime traffic. president obama calls congressional leaders back to the white house again this sunday in an evident to find a break through on the nation's debt. joining us is sue you san

feeserechio. watching this thing as a taxpayer, a viewer, it makes me angry. there seems a lot of posturing and playing to the constituents back home and that kind of thing and they have not really made serious efforts. are they getting down to brass tacks now. >> i think so. not a lot of time left. there is this july deadline that secretary tim geithner set. they're going to work this weekend. they're going to be staffed working on a different proposal and potential deals. lawmakers will again go back to the white house late sunday and meet with president obama. he has told them, you know, to dress comfortably because they could be there for a while. he is serious about trying to get something done fairly quickly. there is even talk of a deal being struck in the next couple of days although that sound a

little bit more difficult for them to attain. they are working really hard to do something. you are right. they do kind of posture and play to the cameras. that's part of congressional deal making. each side is far from where they want to be. democrats want to raise revenue somehow and want to lessen the impact of big revenue cuts and republicans want no tax increases and cuts in services. that's what the public sees. day after day, there is still no deal and that's why. each side wants what they want and the long are they wait, the more likely they are to get what they are looking for. >> i get the sense -- you say that's part of congressional politicking but i get the sense that, years ago, for example, during the reagan administration, that, you know, there was some posturing but

real work being done. and there would be compromise to get things working. obviously that's going to have to happen here but it just -- it fees like a different thing. feels like a lot of it is just drawing a line in the sand and that's it. >> true. it has changed particularly over the lack decade or two. they have gotten further apart and things have become far more partisan. members don't stay in town as much. they go home and there is also the 24-hour news cycle that makes things a little more acrimonious on capitol hill. members know that. very recently, the speaker of the house, john boehner played a round of golf with president obama in an effort to return to days when people from both party could get together and agree on something or play a game together, have dipper together. that's really long gone and members say that has impacted the way that deals get done or don't get done. >> at least the president and boehner have spent some time together recently. >> let me ask you about two

things specifically, social security. that's now on the table. do we think there will be something substantive down there and the tax loopholes, are those significant enough if they get closed down to make an impact? >> for social security, that is on the table. whether they will go for it, no one knows because the democrats are really nervous about touching social security. if it cuts benefit, they are not interested. however, there is this idea of changing the cost of living adjustment. benefits will be smaller but the argument is because the cost of living adjustment will be more accurate, that's one possibility. that's a real possibility that some are discussing and some democrats would be willing to go along with that. there is a chance that social security will be on the table.

very good. thanks for coming in and giving us and inside. we appreciate it many just a couple of ticks away from 7:39. the you had is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops within the next year but what is the mood in iraq as the united states gets ready time. its exit strategy. and we'll check in baghdad this morning. stay with us. 

obesity rates climbed. several states tumbled their obesity rates over the past 15 years the world health organization wants more countries to require graphic warning labels for their cigarette to help people kick the habit. according to the organization, those kinds of warnings are proven to motivate people to stop smoking as well as reduce

tobacco appeal to those not addicted. the f.d.a. revealed graphic was, now placed on tobacco boxes. you are taking a look at some of those warnings an exciting meeting today in maryland. kidney doctors and recipients in a triple transplant will meet for the very first time. each recipient came to the doctors with a donor who turned out to not be a match. kidney donors were then found for them. the six surgeries took place on june 15th. you are ring confused. everyone got a kidney in the end. that's the best when you see sitting there and talk about their selfless act. >> that's going to be great. >> all right. >> mr. barnes? >> all right. i wish i could bring better news for today but we have some pretty good range r rain right

here. but that's summer tame. i i that had become good news maybe not this afternoon or tonight as you get heavy rain. if you are one of the lucky ones going to the beach, hang in there. it's not going to be nice this afternoon and tonight. but hang in there. the pick of the weekend will be sunday with lots of sunshine, temperature in the mid-80s. same forecast here for rehoboth and cape may. afternoon showers linkerring. check out the water temperature, 74 degreesable that's nice. >> yep. looking at the future cast together. right now it's fine. noon sunshine across part of the area. don't get used to it. look at what happens later in the afternoon. another want developing and

then again, where we get this banding taking place, we could have some pretty good thunderstorms that will drop some heavy rain. we have a flash flood watch. at 2:00 in the morning, there is potential for rain. and then it will clear out. should be nice for the remainder of the weekend but will be hit and miss here. 86 this afternoon. showers and thunderstorms. flood watch goes into effect mid-average. >> warm, warm, warm? no rain come monday. >> no more rain of a today. >> or after tomorrow morning? after tomorrow morning. >> thank you, sir. >> are you a weatherman? >> can't help it, tucker. >> i want you to be accurate. >> why start now. >> i didn't realize the mike was on. [ laughter ]. >> all right. you guys. on the road, lanes are open

going on 395. seven out in the area. crash involving and overturned crash. one person is trapped at the scene, unforth in thely. going to affect the scene. in bound, coming across roz lynn, lanes open. that's a check of ontime traffic. >> thanks so much, julie. good morning to our facebook fan of the day, earl alexander from takoma park, maryland. he says that fox five is the fir thing he watches in the morning and last thing he wams at night. >> there you go >> if you would like to be monday's fan of the day. find us on facebook by finding fox5 morning news. have a great weekend, earl. we are celebrating multiculturalism. >> and holly morris is live at

the embassy of indonesia: good morning. right now i'm getting a very important lesson on the onkong. if you want to be in the record books, it may be as easy as attending the indonesian festival. >> where it you go? i need more of a lesson how how this is working. 

one festival tomorrow is hoping to set a guiness world record. >> today, holly is learning more about the event at the embassy of indonesia. tell us about it. >> reporter: thinks the real deal. they already registered the attempt with the guiness book of world records. there will be an owe figure on

hand. if you want to experience something new, learn something new and get in the record books at the same time, why would you not come out? it's the indonesian festival going on. we have a special invitation as we are live in the embassy. and more coveted is some time that we get to spend with the aim bass for. good morning to you. >> good morning, holly. how are you? >> thank you for letting us come here this morning thank you for being here. >> reporter: he will tugs about why you decided to come to this festival. >> this is called festival ibd of indonesia. the theme is celebrating multi- cull multi culturallism. this is why we will showcase indonesian culture, american culture, brazilian and

australian and others and the theme and purpose is to bring all of us together. we need to live in unity and harmy. two things that when i was reading about the festival that you said might be surprised to learn is that indonesia is the world's fourth largest country and how much diversity there is within indonesia. >> absolutely. we are born, being very diverse. the national mantra is unity and diversity which is very sim are to the machine e pluris unum. we see this as a strength rather than a weakness. there is so much lesson come. where does this come from. >> this ace en echo instrument which means it it made out of bamboo. there is no single nail or glue

on it. to play music, interest has to be one person holding an onklong. there has to be as many players as there are notes in the music. that's a collective instrument. you cannot play by one person >> you are trying to have 5000 people play? 5000. >> because going for the report for the largest ensemble. you will be taught by nationally acclaimed mess throw tanf ucho. how are you going to teach people to do that? >> because music is a universal language. and music is for everybody. so i believe that everybody can play music. this andklum music, everybody can play music, no exception >> and each one is a different note. >> different note >> you have 500 students in

indonesia? >> right. >> and you're going to give hand sayingals so people will know what to do by watching you? >> yes. you come out on sunday. all the women will get a beautiful scarf. the men will get a hat to wear. you will get to take yours home with you, right? >> yes. >> and if you break the record, you will also get an official certificate from the beginnest book of world record that you were part of a world record breaking event. just to en caps late this whole theme and how things get together, you're going to play new york, new york, right? >> right. >> an ensemble life playing new york, new york. take it away.

♪ this sunday, the indonesian festival will be going on on the washington monument ground. the attempt will take place between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.

coming up in the next hour, we are here at the beautiful embassy. it is a historic land mark here in washington didn't krment and we'll get a wonderful tour. right now, i know i have no doubt that you all are doing your high kicks in the studio. >> and singing along. can't help it. >> cool nasa gearing up for the final mission of the space shuttle program. at 11:26 this morning, atlantis is scheduled to be headed to the international space station. 

this could be a his tore historic day for nasa if mother nature cooperates. we are live at the nasa space center. looks like casey aind any will be staying in jail just a little longer than first thought.

more on that and we will hear from another juror ahead this hour and then a washington native throws out the certainlyal first pitch at boston's historic fenway park. how did it will surprise you. his inspying story is ahead. >> we are about three and a half hours away from liftoff. there has been a whole lot of concern but so far seems like everything is a go. >> the crew walked out on to the launch pad within the last half hour. we have more from fox 5 sherryl lee live in greenbelt >> reporter: here at nasa goddard, they have a large auditorium in the visitors center. that's where the workers who have been part of the shuttle program here will be gathering to watch this launch, hopefully if the weather cooperate because the space shuttle thrils is fueled, on the launch

pad and ready to go but it is the weather that threatens to delay this historic day. the crew is awake and preparing for launch from the kennedy space center. the mission is to deliver supplies to the international space station. this will be the program's 135th launch. the forecast calls for 70% chance of thunderstorms. if the shuttle does not lift off by sunday or monday, it will have to wait until the end of july because there is another shuttle scheduled to launch. >> we use our time every day to do things that can't be done from the ground and do experiments and interesting endeavors to try to understand how people can go living and working in space so that we can take those experienceance go further. antis will not have to go too far once it

land. it is schedule iewd to stay at the kennedy space station at the visitors center there. the other two shuttles are already in retirement and discovery is prepared to come to the smithsonian here in washington, d.c. the next, sending and astronaut to the asteroid and mars. that's the latee from greenbelt. >> thank you so much. joining us with more on this historic mission is kay hire, a veteran of two spicy flights who has logged more than 1200 hours in space. thank you for joining us this morning. good morning. >> good morning >> tell us about mother nature possibly throwing a among owe wrench into the plans today. what are you hearing toi? >> well, it is florida which means that the weather is always changing. we are keeping a close eye on

it. the weather is revolving and we'll see what the weather will turn out to be at the time that we have to make our final key significant right before the launch. >> i want to talk about the legacy of the shuttle mission. first, i have to ask be what factors do go in to play? is it simply rain, thunder and lightning? can you tell us what the decision making process is like? >> sure. it's very important that once we launch, we don't have proud that produce lightning or have a vehicle that can be struck by lightning. it climbs pretty quickly. however, we have to have a good forecast for wart at the shuttle landing. we are good for about three minute after the launch. if the crew experiences a problem with the space shuttle vehicle on their way up to space, they have the capability in the first couple of minutes

to be able to turn back around and lane back here. they need to be able to come back through good weather to be able to see the landing site and safely land back here. so it's not just the actual weather at the moment of launch but also for a period of time after the law much at the shuttle laning facility. that makes it a little bit challenging for the weather forecast ares here in florida. >> indeed. we were just taking a look at live pictures going on inside the space shuttle. it has to be a bittersweet day for you there. can you tell us theey mowings that you are feeling? >> there are a lot of people celebrating the great accomplishments of the space shuttle program. over 30 years of flying. thinks the 135th launch. we had five shuttle orbiter vehicles. people from different countries

have flown. we have launched the satellite, launched the hubbell telescope. we're going to be there through at least 2020. all that is possible because of the team that we put together, the american ingenuity and international partners. they have been ale to eye publish all of this in we have to end it there. it has been a measure to talk to you this morning. we hope that the shuttle gets off even though it will be the last mission for the program. thank you so much. thank you. >> very, very exciting. >> very exciting. hopefully they'll get it done. >> if you put a perspective on it, it's bittersweet. but the sweet is so sweet 30 years, hard to believe. >> yes. >> it's all about the weather

here in the next couple of hours. what they have got is an ira area of low pressure there toward the golf. can we forecast exactly at the moment what it may look leak in the next few hours, right now, that is hard to do. light wind. generally good news at cape canaveral. around here, we have a lot to talk about because potential for that tropical moisture down in florida, guess what, that will be streaming north ward later today and we have some pretty good showers and thunderstorms in florida. we have potential for a couple of inches of rain in a short period of time. possibility of flash flooding later today. future cast showers and storms. best chaps later this afternoon and, again, temperatures and

the cloud cover will be held into the mid-80s. that's a nice looking weekend. the details coming up in a minute. >> thank you in the meantime, julie wright is here with a look at what is happening on the roadways. it has been busy and slacked off. now, unfortunately, we have a truck crash on 7. you're going to find that the roadway is blocked at this point. and a medivac helicopter has been called to the scene. also traveling out of virginia, an easier commute as you travel close tore d.c. coming into georgetown. lanes are open coming done the road. if you are making the break

toward the delay, there is -- >> we now know the florida mom cleared of murdering her little girl is cleared to leave the orange county jail on july 17th, not three days earlier as expected. >> casey anthony has let her hair down, seen smiling, winging and swirling her locks in court, all before getting great news on thursday. in a matter of just days, there has an incredible reversal. instead of facing the death penalty, she is set to walk out a free woman. juror number 3 is speaking out about the acquittal. >> they didn't prove the cause of death. if you didn't know what the crime was, you can't punish someone for that crime. >> for each crime of lying to investigators, the judge gave

him a 1000-dollar fine and a year in jail total. >> judge perry is considering keeping the name of the other jurors secret because of the concerns. >> what do we do. >> several media organizations en clueing the orlando september nel and the associated press are arguing for the release of their name. >> it's a system that we have always operated under. we simply don't have anonymous jury >> outside the courthouse, after anthony's release was set, people protested. >> they have a fair trial which everyone deserves.

>> at least one job was offered to casey anthony, by adult entertainment vivid but they took back the offer after a bad reaction. next, more on the worker killed inside lemon lulu we'll talk with washington post reporter ed o'keefe about the situation in iraq. he will join us on the phone from baghdad. we'll be right back. 

8:13. 79 degrees. time to look at some of the stories making headlines. a pretrial hearing for the woman charged for killing her coworker at the lemon lulu.

the two got into days put after murray found some stolen merchandise in the bag a maryland man who was found guilty of videotaping women will spend time behind bar and maurice dews is charged with setting three fires in northeast. five firefighters were seriously hurt in one of those blazes on 48th place. after his arrest, investigators say he confessed of setting the fires and is suspected of several other arsons going back to 2007 time now to turn our attention to the weather. happier news. that weather includes the cuteness/cooldown factor. put the name in it. >> the cuteness factor the day. time now for the first photo of

the day. beautiful smile. this is ten month old evelyn. she watches the show every morning but her family says sometimes she loses interest. >> sure. >> but when the music is playing, she can't turn away. >> she will be happy right now. >> she has our attention. so i say, good morning, evelyn, good morning. >> what a mute full face. >> we can get tony to be one of the figures there. >> barney. >> how about barney. >> send us your picture by going to myfoxdc.com, click on the morning tab and we'll try to get them up at them at 8:15

in the morning. we have a one-two combination. a lot of tropical moisture and see that system to the west, that is going to squeeze the atmosphere like a strong and the potential will be for a lot of rain. right now we are fine. morning commute will be fine. dew point temperatures are now running in the 70ed. plenty of of moisture available. 76 in quantity could. 70 winchester. thunderstorms develop later this afternoon. some of those could be on the strong side with very heavy rain. we do have a flash flood watch. things will get out of here this afternoon. mostly sunny skies and noticeably less humidity with highs in the 80s. monday, tuesday, dry as well. we have to get through the day.

that's a look at the forecast. let's do traffic and julie rite got busy again. >> what's up? >> we got busy again. helicopters requested at the scene right now. now, north bound i-95, accident number 1 occurred just north of the occoquan. you can see the cones are out and police are out on the scene with the crash. another accident in newington blocking the shoulder. that accident has been cleared. accident activity has some track squeezing by to the left as you approach 395. >> julie, thank you very much more proof the shi'ite militia is trying to drive u.s. troops out of iraq. two soldiers were killed outside the main military base in baghdad.

this follows the deadliest month for u.s. troops in two years. earlier this morning, we talked to fred o'keefe who is currently in baghdad. >> edward, this latest news and on justly the deadliest month in iraq over two years. is the situation deteriorating? >> reporter: that's probably too hard of a ward. but u.s. officials said that they expect more attacks on u.s. troops. they found out that a lot of this violence would be going on on if u.s. troops were not here, that the mawnl othershi'ite insurgent groups backed by iran in one way or another will be targeting iraqis instead of a more high- profile target like u.s. troops

killed on thursday how would people be reacting to this? the white house is going to be keeping 10,000 troops beyond the deadline. >> first of all, it's still not clear if it's 10,000, 2000 or 20,000 troops that may stay beyond december. the pig question is what exactly would -- the big question is what exactly would iraq want u.s. troops to do if they say there? would they want them in training or participating in counter insurgency or antiterrorism? >> they have to finish the cabinet and decide who is in charge of the defense and intoward your ministry. once those decisions are made, some decisions will be made on

whether they want u.s. troops to stay. the white house said we are open to entertaining that kind of request but the iraqis have over there right why how long now? >> i'm coming up on two weeks, having been horse. yeah, about two weeks. >> how do you and also contractors and troops there, how is it dealing with the violence? do you get a sense from talking to hers who have been there a little longer that this is normal every day, this is what occurs or what do you get the sense of over there as the level right now of violence? >> sure. it was really bad back in 2006, 2010. there would be bombings constantly not on here in baghdad but across the country there have been a few attacks, most of it at government officials, police and. just

like petty crime goes on in the washington area, here, it's a lot more from ma tick. we have sue site bombs, booby trapped vehicles that blow up and kill people and it's become a way of life. when you talk to people, americans in iraq who have been here, they will will say, will be, violence is counsel undefinitely. >> they have testify knitly an drag perspective from you there. thank you so much. >> that was ed o'keefe talking to our own sarah simmons earlier this morning live in baghdad. >> it is now 8:21 on this friday morning. interesting developments, startling development on britain's hacking scandal and we are live at the first ever indonesian festival.

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so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. welcome back. it's 8:24. president obama after meeting with top lawmakers at the white house yesterday described the talks as, quote, very constructive. even though both side remain far apart on an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, they are still talking. the president is call top

lawmakers back to the white house over the weekend for more budget talks. the news of the world, britain's biggest sunday paper, the largest one, closing down after 168 years because of the phone hacking scandal. police arrested the prime minister's former press chief. andy coulson was the chief editor. reporters hacked the phone of a school girl murdered. prime minister david cameron wants a full investigation. what this government is doing is making sure that the fact that i feel so appalled. that is why it is so important to have a full miss investigation with all the powers they need. >> news corp chairman ruppert murdock always the allegations of phone hacking despicable and

unacceptable. he promises full cooperation with the investigation. >> they closed down this weekend? >> amazing. >> that's big news. >> i mean, that's a big newspaper. obviously what's going on is major but they are shutting down. i don't know what's happening to the employees but i'm sure we will find out. we did an earlier story, they're going to be jobless. >> 8:26 now. up neck, we'll check out some of the other stories making headlines. that includes more on a shooting spree in grand rapid, michigan, that, unfortunately, left more than eight people dead 

welcome back. 79 degrees now. a hostage situation in west michigan ended late last night when police say the suspect shot and killed himself.

none of the three hostages was hurt. the manhunt for roderick began when seven bodies were found. the dead included his daughter and ex-girlfriend. and fire damaged several businesses. also affected a liquor business and kung fu studio and hair salon. >> scary moments for three employees of a california security company. three armed men left them tight up in a vault and took off with more than 1 million-dollar in cash. the robbers break in through the roof and surprised the workers. no one was injured. >> 8:30 right now. tucker barnes joins us now with the latest weekend weather. >> let me tell you how i look forward to the weather? >> not so much today.

>> well, toyed is interesting. but they we have a big plume of tropical moisture coming? >> hang in this. this afternoon as you are trying down or if you are already down there, not going to be beautiful. you wake up with a bloomy forecast. by later saturday afternoon and sunday, things will look fine. rain late this afternoon. cloorg out sunday afternoon. sunday looks great and clearing out in the mid-80s. water temperature in the mid- 70s. so nice weather temperature down there. satellite radar, nothing happening at the moment but we have got just a little sunshine breaking out that will actually help destabilize the atmosphere a little bit more. look out later this afternoon. very heavy rain off to our south and east. that will be pushing across the

eastern shore. but look at the air hear streaming up the east coast. what's happening, area of low pressure right there in the northern gulf triewg to get back together here, as a tropical storm here. it will get scweesed out by that cool are and dry are air. so some potential for flooding her. we have a flood watch watch in effect starting at noon through the evening hour. the thinking, if you get a slow- moving thunderstorm, it can dump one inch or two inches or even thee inches of rain. there is the forecast for this often, 826. we'll wake up here in washington with cloud tomorrow. we should clear out pretty

fast. allison, we'll show it to you with some special guests. >> very special guests. the four talented teams just came home. they brought home well deserved medals and they are here spending time with us. two of those athletes are here. rose, welcome to you, rose and darren dickerson. let me ask you about this specious. either one of you can tell me. how was it traveling to atheys and tar pace paiting? it was fun. did you get to compete or was it all work? did you get to see both? >> both. >> how was it for you, rose? >> it was the most amazing experience in my whole entire life and i wept to do some

sightseeing. >> it's beautiful in grease. >> i have not been yet and i can't wait to go. karen, you brought home the gold. you are a track store. what was it like training and then actually going over there and bringing home the gold. it was cool. >> was this your first time competing on a world stage, on a world level? >> it is the second. >> your second time? >> yes. >> when did you learn that you were a pretty good track athlete? when thank you fir learn that. >> when i was 8th grade. >> you have been running ever sips? >> yes. >> i'm going to ask you the same question. when it you say, hey, i'm pretty good at this. i think i can compete in track? it's when i was a little kid and then i started doing trek

in my freshman year in high school. and then one day, i thought, we, i can be a trek star. >> and indeed, you are. you brought home the bronze. what was it like when they put that medal on you? >> it was so special because it took a lot of current to run. it is such a wonderful achievement. you know, a lot of people see the special olympics and see the training that goes into it. do you think people really know how much time you put? what would you like people to know about your journey? i worked real hard. >> and it paid off, didn't it? yes. >> rose, you traveled all over the world, been to china and

ireland. what's next? what do you want to do next, either on the track field or just off? any or countries that you want to go it, any or hurdle that you want to you a publish aren't yes. my goal is to go traveling around the world where my ancestors came from and hopefully my next accomplishment is to hopefully help athletes from special olympics or to me famous track and field athlete. >> what would you like everyone to know about the program and how hard you trained? this is the most amazing program i ever joined and that's a very nice thing because it ohms a lot of doors for peoples with 'tis ability.

and trapping is amazing. >> we are just so proud of both of you. kawrp dickerson, special olympics of the team virginia and also rose. we are just so proud thanks for bringing hope the medals to the united states of america. and we want to say that david curt tape was with us. remember, he was a young golfer. he did well. and another 12 preponderance of the tomorrow elizabeth kwan brought 'em who the gold and she, too, is a track star. go team virginia, right? back over to you, tony. >> that's great. thank you very much, ladies june's unmany employment number is just coming into the newsroom. we'll have that for you when we come back. a washington native throws out the first ceremonial pitch and he did it without arms or hand. his inspiring story a little

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sad story to tell you about here. a baseball fan died as last night's texas ranger game. the fan fell out of the stands while trying to catch a baseball. he landed head first behind a wall of tv mop tores. rangers president nolan ryan says that the team is deeply sat ened to learn of this death. >> now to an inspiring story out of boston's historic park. a washington, d.c. native threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the red sox game. tom willis was born without armed or hand. when he was young, he used prosthetics but not anymore. he has to catch the ball with his foot and throw it with his leg. >> everyone said, no, tom, you will never play baseball, you didn't have hand. what do they know. >> his goal is to throw out the first pitch at every ballpark

in the country >> that's astonishing. >> sure is. a third as well. there is a you a sneak baseball tour in town to promote baseball done the right way as it's called. >> we are live at the university of maryland to learn the message behind their baseball. sarah shall good morning >> reporter: good morning to you both. baseball is a competitive sport, no doubt about it. these day, it is trickling down into the little league sport. the mission for one man is for everybody to take a step back. with me is jeff potter. the author of the book. whatever happened to baseball is the tight until. >> what have happened to baseball is exactly right. part of your mission is going around, kind of curing around here on the east coast to find of let people know that we need to take the sport back in a sense. >> i think sports has gone in the wrong direction in the last

10, 15 years and we have taken the fun out of the game for kid and what we wept toe do is equate want -- what we want to do is get it back. >> who is to blame here? the parent and the kid: it is a lot with the parent and some of the expectations and so forth and the coast. we don't have enough good coaches these kids need good coaches and good mentoring. unfortunately, we don't have enough good coaches. that's a combination of all three, coaches shall parents and players. >> you have a team of 13 young boys and there are two of them right here with us this morning, cory and wade. wade is from upper marlboro, he is local. wade is from pennsylvania. you have a seem that goes around with you. how does this work?

you go from place to place doing what in in we are on the road 22 days. these kid never met each other. we're going to go to 16 different towns. we play baseball, not only baseball but we do community service. >> you have some event going on here at the university of maryland this weekend. tell me about some of the events that you have planned that everyone is welcome to come out to. >> we will be here until ten at night. there will be three baseball games, clinic and yoga. we'll do a lot of things, everybody is welcome to come out. >> it's the hope for people to donate their time to a charity evident like some of the boys are doing as they head around to different places with you in. >> they have done a lot of charity any work already.

what we do is have them run a clinic for the younger kid. that's their way of gig back. even people who are not baseball people, we would love to have them out, help out here, donate rolling up their sleeves. >> boys, are you getting tired yet? >> no. >> they say know. they have been warming up for a while here. they are strong men. go to our website to know more about this event and others. >> that's a great idea aren't thank you very much, sarah, we appreciate that. fox 5's holly morris is at the embassy of indonesia. tomorrow is the festival. >>

>> tomorrow is the key word here. i was so wrapped up in the ensemble's rendition of another, new york, that i said sunday but tomorrow is the festival. we are here to get a toward by the person who knows most about this placement. 2020 massachusetts avenue. best location in washington, d.c. >> and thinks the national rm industry of historic places. >> yes. there is a history that goes along with this. >> this used to long to thomas wall be, one of the socialite in washington, d.c. and the family owns the famous hope diamond, the 44 carrat diamond. >> i heard of it. i have seen it in a museum. >> you were telling me that this mansion was like the social scene back during presidenty teddy roosevelt's

time in. >> that's true. this used to be the party place. i read that alice roosevelt, their daughter, they had a koa cotillion for hear here. i read that the former ambassador to indonesia bought this place and kept everything. we can't touch anything, everything is in kept in place. this preserves all the details and arc tech toward. >> this is the value is now. this is your office. >> the secret room. >> i said, this ace pretty nice place to come to work. >> it's not bad. >> tell me about your office and the important work that you to here?

>> this is the dining room of thomas wall much, and this is where i to my work. indonesia, you know, is the country with the large he is muslim population. almost more muslims in indonesia than in the middle east, but we are moderate muslims so we are member of the g-20 and we are alsoey americaning as an economic house. thinks known as one of the most haunted houses in america, not just in washington, d.c. and i do feel her presence when i work late in the evening. >> he is talking about evelyn. >> evelyn walsh, the daughter who opened the hope diamond. when i leave here in the evening, i say good-bye. i would soy he have lip, thanks for letting me use your residence? she is a friendly ghost? >> she is a channel hg,

elegant, sophisticated lady. >> worthy of a home like this >> yes i want you to see two pictures that i was i am press by in this office. tell me about this one. >> this is sent by president jimmy carter and this is a historic photograph. this is the time when jimmy carter asked ben xio pin if he could accepted bibles in china. and he said yes. >> he has only opinion the ambassador for eight months. this is a most recent picture. tell me about this but quickly. >> this is when i presented my credentials to president obama. and my kid is kicking me on the shin and president obama was laughing. very funny photo. they hung this on the west

wing. >> i love the jen june laughter of the president. that's so great. thank you for your hospitality. >> thank you, holly. >> and you need to come out and enjoy their hospitality tomorrow, ground of the monument. myfoxdc.com is the website woof a link to theirs. don't forget about this festival tomorrow. we want to say hello to the facebook fan of the day, earl alexander from takoma park, maryland. he says that fox 5 is the first thing he watches in the morning and last thunk he wams at night. if you would like to be monday's facebook fan of the day, look for us on facebook at fox5 summer vacation time and that may mean a trip to a theme

park. >> but if you had opinion lately, you know those tickets, they are pricey. we have money saving tips for you coming up at 9:00. don't go anywhere. 

and welcome back to fox 5 morning news. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. here is a look at some the stories we are following for the 9:00 hour. all eyes are on florida as we are waiting to see if the shuttle will take off. the crew is getting ready to go even though mother nature is threatening with rain. >> it's that time of the year. family hit the road for vacations, making theme parks the destination.

but you know those are pricey. and the history nerd is back. do you recognize this building? a viewer wants to know what happened to this historic t c hotel. that does not even look like it's anywhere around here. that looks like williamsburg. i have done some digging. i have the answer for this mom and her boy. >> interesting. i don't recognize the building. >> you should no. you are far too young, sir. >> why, thank you, allison. >> another youngster working with us this morning is tucker barnes down in the weather center. he is a scrappy young fellow. >> i love that question, allison. i can't wait find out the answer. i will answer the question weather for you, though. relatively quiet conditions here across the washington area. we have big thunderstorms